warriorsstepup wrote:How good is our bench or how bad are the cavs roster ? No one on that squad excites me if I was a GM except Kyrie.

Kyrie is a franchise player though. You put 2 pieces around him and you instantly have a playoff team.

I know their cap situation will flexible in their future. They would need a skilled athletic 3, am not sold on Tristin Thompson so they would need a better 4, and even a SG while Waiters continues to develop, and a much better bench. But they are a young team so things will change for them.

warriorsstepup wrote:How good is our bench or how bad are the cavs roster ? No one on that squad excites me if I was a GM except Kyrie.

Kyrie is a franchise player though. You put 2 pieces around him and you instantly have a playoff team.

I know their cap situation will flexible in their future. They would need a skilled athletic 3, am not sold on Tristin Thompson so they would need a better 4, and even a SG while Waiters continues to develop, and a much better bench. But they are a young team so things will change for them.

Yeah, they totally biffed on Thompson. They had a chance to have a very OKC-esque draft, but that pick was just garbage. Imagine if they took Klay or Kawai Leonard or Kenneth Faried... Suddenly, that's a playoff team.

Well, but then, Tristan HAS gotten better this year. He's at about 10 and 10 on the season, 50%, blocks you a shot or two, runs extremely well. And big men DO take longer to develop than guards. There's still time for Thompson to be a solid player, but worthy of a top 4 pick? I dunno if he'll ever live up to THAT.